Surface Laptop 7 vs. MacBook Air M3 - GAME OVER?

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Video Index:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Pricing
02:13 Size & Weight
03:10 Display
06:28 Webcams
06:52 Internals & User Upgradeability
08:19 Ports & Connections
09:13 Performance
10:22 Thermals, Surface Temps & Fan Noise
11:33 Battery
12:35 Keyboard & Touchpad
14:01 Audio & Speaker Test
15:28 The Score
15:55 Outro

[davidTs]

I've had the new Surface Laptop 7 '13 for a few weeks now. I have to say that at first, I had serious doubts about the battery life (the main reason I bought it) and the compatibility with non-native ARM applications. Well, primarily working with Office, email, browsing the Internet, watching some videos, the battery that used to last me 6-7 hours now lasts around 20. The pleasant surprise has been so great that even today I can't believe it. I won't talk about the design and so on, because we all already know the excellent quality of the Surface. I am delighted!

[SenselInc]

Thanks Andrew! Very much appreciate the shout-out of the Sensel-powered haptic touchpad at 13:25! 😍🙏

[BestfBritish]

Microsoft kicked Apple where it hurts the most - 120hz, better ports and a swappable SSD. One big issue that stops me - Geforce NOW Windows client won't work on the Surface Pro 7 but it will on the Macbook Air.

[elliekim]

I have a M3 pro Base Macbook pro 14 and a Surface Laptop 7 with the X elite with 16GB of Memory and 512GB SSD and if this was out when I had bought my Macbook I probably would of not bought the MacBook. I love it so far.

[rafaelperez]

The Surface Laptop 7 is my choice here. It is obviously cheaper than the MacBook Air M3 and overall a better value for your money in my opinion. The fact that you can upgrade the SSD is a good thing and what Andrew did in getting the one with 256GB of storage and then upgrading is exactly what I would do. The audio from the MacBook Air M3 is a little richer, fuller than the Surface Laptop 7 but for a Windows machine, it's not bad. If you're in the Apple ecosystem, obviously go for the MacBook Air M3 otherwise the clear winner here for me is the Surface Laptop 7 from Microsoft. Excellent video Andrew once again my friend!! 👍😁

[deneguil-]

the surface 15'' looks like the perfect laptop for me. My main usage for a laptop is social media, youtube, some office documents and some dev work, for this workflow Alex Ziskind made an amazing in depth analysis and the X Plus surface 13.8'' lastest the longest period, even against every macbook. I think the IPS displays helps a lot with battery life, can't wait to see how the Acer fares in that regard

Once again an amazing review, to the point, as objective as you can be an never fail to mention when something is your opinion rather than the Truth. I really liked how you pointed out that it's a lot cheaper to buy the smaller SSD option and buy another drive on its own

[newetman]

This channel deserves a milliok subs! Quality, informative & honest!

[williamcohen]

Nice comparison video. Cameras on both units are good. Soeakers on Mac sounded better although the Surface unit was still good. Until compatabity issues with these arm processors are worked out it might be an issue with some users. When you upgrade the ssd drive in the Surface unit it would be interesting to run the ssd speed test to see if the read write speeds are significantly improved. Great comparison review.

[swissheartydogs]

“Quite Unique” channel, love your reviews & this music (got it through my Epidemic Sound account for some drone or scuba diving videos, edited with DaVinci Resolve, native ARM version on the Lenovo slim 7x 32GB/1TB).

[MikoleVeinga]

This was an awesome review Andrew! Thank you for hitting on all the important details!

[keev]

Hello, can't you use battery benchmarks that caters to productivity? unfortunately people buying these laptops, especially at this price point, ain't gonna use it solely for watching youtube or movies.
Tablets, phones and TVs can do a better job for that purposes.

[Desilv]

i just wish microsoft surface will come with new amd strix cpu and gpu.. it will be better at gpu for sure and also better priced i guess.. we still have to wait for adreno control panel.. that shows that snapdragon elite x was pushed to soon for a great all round product imo. i got the surface 7 with snapdragon and the gpu definitly needed to be better than its now.. can't understand microsoft left intel for snapdragon instead of amd !

[aryehpaulwalter]

I switched over from being a longtime MacBook user and I do love the SL7. However, I almost laughed when you said the scrolling is really good. Mine has been frustratingly bad. It’s super choppy and there’s almost no scroll inertia. Like my cursos will jump sometimes and my page will jump when scrolling (choppy). Super disappointing in that aspect. Do you think this can be fixed with an update? Or I have a faulty laptop?

[justmoch]

microsoft surface already TOUCHSCREEN? ofc, macbook fked. 😂

damn snapdragon chip really a game changer here.

can’t wait to try it!

love the video comparison Andrew. ❤

[Dragonblaster]

I bought the 128GB SP9 ARM, Within half an hour of it being in my house, it had 2TB of internal storage that cost me just over £70.

[adl-]

Thanks for informative review, do you recommend surface 7 or asus vivobook s 15 that has same processor? Or better to get thinkbook carbon x1 2024?

[MinagaGodallage]

the base macbook air 13 inch and zenbook q425 is the same price here what should i get?

[JimAtHome]

Shalom Andrew, how do or where do you get the Windows 11 multi coloured desktop image (squiggle) I can't find it anywhere so I'm stuck with the standard all blue one, wish I had watched your review before ordering this I got the one with 512gb I could have saved myself a good bit of cash and got a larger 1TB drive instead O well no point in crying over spilt milk, it's not cheap £1, 450 but you're right the build quality is up there with my Macbook pro m1 pro (not the speakers though) which I still love but did cost about £400 more, I absolutely love the solid unibody design and the Sapphire colour, so far I haven't had any issues with apps running slowly or not running at all maybe I'm just lucky, MS is still being very slow and quiet about recalling the recall thing and copilot doesn't really wow me tbh but dam the battery life does it was the reason I jumped ship to Apple a year and a half ago now Windows machines are back in the game and I must admit I still prefer Windows 11 to Mac OS. Thanks for your very informative in depth reviews

[akramhossain]

What about the limitations of ARM processor in using some applications such as Google Drive desktop, SPSS, etc?

[nenonenov]

Hi, David. Is the battery replaceable? Greetings.